Victoria Azarenka beat former champion and fellow former world No. 1 Maria
Sharapova in last year's final in the California desert. The two women are
this week's top seeds, as current No. 1 Serena Williams is not playing at this
lucrative 12-day event.

Other former Indian Wells champs in the field are former world No. 1s Caroline
Wozniacki, Ana Ivanovic and Jankovic, and two-time titlist Daniela Hantuchova.